Sierra Leone: Court sentences 11 soldiers, police officers to jail over botched coup
11 people, including soldiers and police officers, have been sentenced to long prison terms for their alleged roles in a...
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Sierra Leone: Government vows to tackle drug abuse, declares national emergency
In response to the rising spate of drug abuse in Sierra Leone, President Julius Maada Bio has declared a national...
Indicted former president of Sierra Leone arrives in Nigeria from Freetown
Former Sierra Leone's Ernest Bai Koroma has arrived in Nigeria after a court granted him medical leave to travel abroad...
Ex-Sierra Leone president charged in failed coup attempt, plans exile to Nigeria
Former Sierra Leone's president Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with four counts of treason for his alleged role in...
Failed coup: Police invite former Sierra Leone president for interrogation
Sierra Leone police have invited former President Ernest Bai Koroma for interrogation as part of their probe into the November...
Sierra Leone: Sunday attacks were attempts to kick out president Bio – Minister
Sierra Leone's government said on Tuesday that the Sunday attacks on prisons and military armoury in the capital, Freetown,...
Sierra Leone: 13 soldiers, others killed in Sunday attacks on prisons, armoury
No fewer than thirteen soldiers were among the 19 people killed during Sunday's violence in Sierra Leone, after an attack...
Sierra Leone ends indefinite nationwide curfew following Sunday attacks
Sierra Leone has suspended an indefinite nationwide curfew imposed on Sunday following an attack on a military barrack and prisons...
Breaking: Nationwide curfew imposed in Sierra Leone as security forces foil attack on national armory
Afrireporters can authoritatively report that some unidentified men attempted to break into the Sierra Leone military armory at Wilberforce barracks...
Scores of people indicted in Seirra Leone over failed military coup attempt
Twelve persons have been indicted in Sierra Leone for their alleged involvement in the failed coup attempt in November. In...
